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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - First English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 16

Numeral 1 on first note in A

Numeral on penultimate note in FE (→GE,EE)

Both numerals suggested by the editors

Lack of the fingering digit over the 1st note is most probably an error of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE). Moreover, the status of the last digit in the editions is also not entirely clear in this bar. In A there are traces of a correction in this place, which could have been considered as '1' (perhaps Chopin started writing another a3, yet he erased it, having noticed the mistake). However, we believe the explanation that Chopin added this reasonable and facilitating fluent reading digit in a proofreading of FE to be more plausible. In the main text we consider both discussed '1's.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE, Corrections in A, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Fingering

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